In 2009, student Shanyna Isom experienced an allergic reaction to a steroid treatment she received for an asthma attack. Since then, she's been afflicted by a medical disorder that's left physicians at Johns Hopkins University stumped. What was initially mistaken for eczema and a staph infection has left Isom with…

If you lack a lovely beard and are well past puberty, could you use a hair growth treatment to create one?

Because it's staring right back at you. While I can appreciate the haircut-bearer's commitment to horror, attempting to become a real-life cyclops (see previously) is a great way to spend the rest of your life as a hermit.

As a fundraiser for charity, a fellow from the robotics firm Intelligent Automation Inc. decided to get his haircut by the company's Multi-Arm Unmanned Ground Vehicle, a tri-limbed machine that was conveniently armed with whirring hair clippers. Yes, the salon masters of the future will be herky-jerky metal hydras,…

It's melanin Monday (not a real thing — but it should be), time to brush up on your knowledge of all things pigment-related! People with fair skin and rosy locks get their distinctive looks from mutations in the gene that codes for melanocortin 1 receptor, a protein that aids in the synthesis of the pigment melanin;…

We may not have robotic butlers, but thanks to Panasonic's upgraded hairdresser-bot, you can now have your scalp scanned and massaged by its twenty-four soulless fingers. Here's a video of it in motion last week in Tokyo. How far are we from seeing a mishap-prone scissor application tacked on?